Simple blessings

I fell in love with this cloche on clearance at Home Goods a couple months ago. I passed it up the first time and just kept going back to it. I finally put it in my cart, paid and walked out the door.  I have not regretted it. It can be used so many different ways and in so many different settings, but for now...white mini boo pumpkins.

I have had the mercury glass bowl for a few years. I picked it up after Christmas clearance at Target one year...75% off...it was a deal steal!!

I think my blingy earrings add the crowning touch to these pumpkins.

Cherish simple blessings...that is what I want to do this fall and actually all year through. I want to focus on the simple things and not get caught up in all the drama and hooplah that sometimes comes along with the holidays.  Easier said than done I am sure, but I am going to try.



I don't think a person can ever have too many mini pumpkins. :)

Some of my mini boo's have a few blemishes, but that is okay.  I am not perfect either, but I am so thankful that God loves me anyways. I know that He loves me for who I am and who I am striving to be and not by what has happened in the past or what may happen in the future. He loves me unconditionally and that is the most perfect form of love.  Thanking Him for that love today and everyday!!

I actually got creative today and made a stocking from old feedsack fabric with a ruffle and matching roses so I will be showing that soon. Although it looks like it was made for King Kong as the pattern was 24 inches long!! I want to make my own pattern and make a few smaller ones soon too.

Linking up with Faded Charm today for White Wednesday. So sorry that I can't comment to everyone who leaves me a comment. My internet is just too pathetically slow these days. I do try to get to many that don't work out. I will keep trying though.

White Wednesday Christmas decor

I intended to be more prepared with my WW post this week,

but with all that has been going on around here it just

didn't happen. I hope you enjoy a few photos that I snapped

of my holiday decor.

I added rosemary and white scrunchy ribbon

to these glitter stars.

This vignette is in my bathroom. I haven't decided

if I will leave it all like this or not. It originally did not

have the stars, but I put them there to get a good photo.

Love this tin ornament hanging on my tree.

Remember these birdies that I told you about and

many other bloggy friends have them too? I found seven more at another store! YAY! Now I have a total of 14...does that make me piggish? I sure hope not. I love them!

Favorite shots of my tree...

I pray you all have a wonderful WW this week.

Please go over to Faded Charm where you will find

many more WW posts.

...and please continue to pray for the family of the

missing boys. It has really affected a lot of people

in our small communities nearby.

blessings~

Beautiful White Wednesday ~

picked up these beauties for 2.99 and 3.99 at

Home Goods

when we were visiting my daughter

Thanksgiving week~

love my antique pinecones ~

silver and white

is there anything better ? handmade star ornaments~

christmas wishes ornie~

i made several of these for my booth

and they sold the day i took them~

vintage sugared bells

and

a vintage ironstone platter they lay on

{the platter...99 cents at the goodwill}

stars and glitter~

some camera glare on this star ornie,

but it is still pretty to me ~

Join Kathleen at Faded Charm for more

White Wednesday posts~

Enjoy and blessings ~

Before and After Ornaments ~

Remember last week when I was

bone tired

from shopping all day? I took my cousin along with me

(who had just lost her 18 year old son a few weeks ago)

One of our stops was at an antique mall where I found

all these tart tins for $2.00.

I knew right away that I wanted to make

some kind of Christmas ornaments with them.

Before photo ~

I adore the little tiny ones.

Here the tiny ones are after I made them into ornaments. I used antique ledger paper for the inside and then I glass glittered them. I love how they turned out.

Some of these will be finding their way into my Etsy store soon.

Enjoy and blessings~

Christmas Past ~

I know Christmas is not here yet, {thankfully}

but I wanted to share my glitz and glam

from last year since many of you

have started following my blog since then.

I hope you enjoy ~

I have quite a collection of antique silver ornaments~

My skinny tree...I love it! We got it at Hobby Lobby two years ago on sale for $99 last one no box Now the same tree is $297! I draped the tree with vintage silver glass bead garland ~

I made a lot of my ornaments last year and

embellished them with

german glass glitter for

maximum sparkle and shine~

Mittens I made and embellished with

vintage millinery and glass glitter~

Just couldn't quit making them...

My little touch of

Christmas Past for you today.

Blessings~

White Wednesday Tour- ~

Come along and tour my place with me...

A watering can full of white phlox will greet you at the back door~ Along with this beautiful white light fixture~ Step into our back porch where this basket hangs on the door that opens into the kitchen ~ Please open the door and come right in. I have been waiting for you... Looking across the room you will see this shutter hanging above the window adorned with a Simply Shabby Chic clock~

Gaze around and you will find this cast iron piece

hanging on the wall above the refrigerator ~

Look to the left side of the window and you will see

where this basket resides along with many others~

Now step into the dining room and from there we will find

this jar of glass glitter sittting on a shelf in my studio

just waiting to be used again~

Oops...this didn't turn out right...

this photo was taken in the bathroom off the kitchen.

Oh well...you get the idea. {hee hee}

Sometimes the best laid plans go awry.

Enjoy your beautiful White Wednesday today.

Stop over at Faded Charm to see more.

I added a couple more bottles to the shop yesterday. To view them just click on the photo on my sidebar. I have also been playing around with different blog banners lately. What do you think of this one? I would love to hear your comments~

Blessings~